The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) maintains a fleet of 14.6 m Cape-class motor lifeboats based on a motor lifeboat design used by the United States Coast Guard. In September 2009 the CCG announced plans to add five new lifeboats, bringing the total number of Cape-class lifeboats to 36.
CCGS Cap Percé is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape-class motor lifeboats. She was scheduled to be stationed at a new Coast Guard station in Kegaska, Quebec, on the Gulf of St Lawrence. Like her sister ships she will be staffed by a crew of four, two of whom will be search and rescue technicians.
CCGS Cape Hearne is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape-class motor lifeboats. She as christened in 2005, at the Canadian Coast Guard station at Kingston, Ontario. According to Peter Milliken, the local member of Parliament: "Kingston, with its long-standing history with fishing, maritime trade and recreational boating fully understands the clear need for search and rescue capacity on our Great Lakes. Assigning these new state-of-the-art lifeboats to coastal communities demonstrates the federal commitment to providing the highest levels of safety to ensure the ongoing prosperity and enjoyment of our aquatic riches."
CCGS Cape Dundas is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape-class motor lifeboats. She was christened in 2005, at the Canadian Coast Guard Sub-Station at Amherstburg, Ontario. On May 7, 2006, the crew of Cape Dundas was credited with discovering a large oil spill from General Chemicals of Amherstburg.
CCGS Cape Discovery is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape-class motor lifeboats.` She is stationed at Goderich, Ontario. At the vessel's official christening, on June 10, 2006, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Loyola Hearn, said: "Having this state-of-the-art vessel for our personnel provides them with greater safety, as they aid those in distress -- very often in conditions that put their own lives at risk. With the cutter Cape Discovery, we are well positioned to respond to emergency calls, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week."
CCGS Cape Norman is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape-class motor lifeboats. She and a sister vessel, CCGS Cape Fox, serve the northern coast of Newfoundland. Her home port is Port aux Choix. She and Cape Fox were built in 2002 at Victoria Shipyards, Victoria, British Columbia. The two vessels were shipped from Vancouver to New York City aboard another vessel, where they proceeded under their own power.
CCGS Cape Fox is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape-class motor lifeboats. She and a sister vessel, CCGS Cape Norman, serve the northern coast of Newfoundland. Her home port is Lark Harbour.
CCGS Thunder Cape is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape-class motor lifeboats. She was built in Kingston, Ontario, in 2000, by MetalCraft Marine and MIL Systems and was moved to Goderich, Ontario, in October 2005. Assigned to the Central and Arctic Region, the lifeboat serves the Lake Erie area. The boat is backed up by search and rescue operations from 424 Transport and Rescue Squadron. The Thunder Cape was damaged in a collision with the breakwater at the outlet of the Mission River in Thunder Bay.
CCGS Cape Caution is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape-class motor lifeboat. The ship was built at the Victoria Shipyards, in Vancouver, and is stationed at Powell River, British Columbia.
CCGS Cape Ann is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape-class motor lifeboat. Cape Ann was built in the Victoria Shipyards, in Vancouver, and was dedicated at Victoria, British Columbia in June 2005 and is stationed at Tofino. Cape Ann was profiled in a segment on this class of motor lifeboats on the television show How things work.
CCGS Cape Edensaw is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape-class motor lifeboats. Cape Edensaw was built at the Victoria Shipyards in Vancouver, and was dedicated at Victoria, British Columbia in June 2005.
CCGS Cape Cockburn is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape-class motor lifeboats. Cape Cockburn was built in the Victoria Shipyards, in Vancouver, and is stationed at Powell River, British Columbia.
CCGS Cap Breton is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape-class motor lifeboats. The vessel is stationed in Shippegan, New Brunswick.
CCGS Cape Commodore is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape-class motor lifeboats. The vessel was built in Victoria Shipyards, in Vancouver, British Columbia and was stationed in Tobermory, Ontario, in September 2005.
CCGS Cape Lambton is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape-class motor lifeboats. The vessel was built in 2000, in Kingston, Ontario and was stationed in Port Weller, on Lake Ontario, in March 2021. The ship is named for the southern tip of Banks Island in the Northwest Territories and in turn named for Lord Durham, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham.
CCGS Cape Storm is a Cape-class motor lifeboat of the Canadian Coast Guard.Normally assigned at terminus of the Welland Canal at Port Weller, Ontario, she is currently undergoing a Vessel Life Extension and has been temporarily replaced by the CCGS Cape Lambton.
CCGS Cape Naden is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape-class motor lifeboat. Cape Naden was built at the Victoria Shipyards, in Victoria, British Columbia. Keith Ashfield Canada's Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway officiated at the vessel's dedication at Pat Bay.
CCGS Cape Palmerston is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape-class motor lifeboat. Cape Palmerston was built at the Victoria Shipyards, in Vancouver, British Columbia. She was officially named and dedicated at her home port, Campbell River, in June 2011.
CCGS Cape Dauphin is one of the Canadian Coast Guard's 36 Cape-class motor lifeboats. Cape Dauphin was built at the Victoria Shipyards, in Vancouver, British Columbia. She was officially named and dedicated at her home port, Prince Rupert, in July 2011.
CCGS Cape Spry is a Cape-class lifeboat in the Canadian Coast Guard Service, stationed at Souris, Prince Edward Island.
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